Tag: fun
member name: Chris Carlisle
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June 06, 2007 09:00 AM EDT --
There I was, the only man in a room of at least fifty women.
As I looked around the room, I realized that in my younger days I had wished for a situation like this. Of course, the original wish was the . . .
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May 05, 2008 06:39 PM EDT --
For all intents and purposes, the following is a suicide note.
Okay, I'm not really killing myself (you can stop emailing the suicide hotline number), at least not my physical self. . . .
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March 27, 2008 08:25 AM EDT --
Yes, Gentle Reader, you read the title correctly. In my household, I currently have a cat who is taking a prescription antidepressant.
So why does my cat need Prozac? It's because he recently developed . . .
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May 01, 2007 12:15 PM EDT --
Guys, we’ve known for years that we lost the battle of the sexes. The exact date fails me, but I believe it was sometime after the invention of the miniskirt when men first realized the battle had . . .
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August 23, 2007 01:18 PM EDT --
There are two types of people in this world: those who use analogies about two types of people in this world, and those of us who don’t. Wait. Nevermind.
As I was saying, I have a dirty car. Well, . . .
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September 06, 2007 05:50 AM EDT --
I recently bought a pony. No, it wasn't a grand distraction purchase or bribe. My wife and eldest daughter have been working with horses the past two years at a local riding center and after expressing . . .
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February 07, 2008 02:41 AM EST --
I had an epiphany while driving home from the office the other day. That's one of the advantages of having a long commute: you have plenty of time to let your mind's higher functions go idle and . . .
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February 21, 2008 04:38 PM EST --
This Sunday evening marks the 80th Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Although in years past I have made a point to watch the Oscars, I have no intention of watching this year's broadcast.
No, it's . . .
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March 20, 2008 01:40 AM EDT --
Like most pet owners, we try to include our animals in our holiday celebrations. For example, every Christmas our pets get a stocking full of treats and all of the candy canes hung from the lower branches . . .
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April 15, 2008 01:18 AM EDT --
The Crayola 64 pack of crayons turns 50 this year. Well, not my Crayola 64 pack, since it melted in the back window of my parent's 1981 Ford Granada. I had left them there after school one day and . . .
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January 06, 2009 01:02 AM EST --
My daughter recently received a Native American Bead Loom (made in Taiwan, which apparently was where the Cherokee settled after walking the Trail of Tears) with the noble intent of making friendship . . .
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December 06, 2007 03:49 PM EST --
When most people think of Sweden, they think of the following: gnarled meatballs drowning in a sauce resembing the liquid found in an antiquated bottle of Elmer’s Glue, a puppet chef with bushy . . .
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January 27, 2008 09:17 PM EST --
We live in a world. A world... full of people.
All kinds of people make up this world; people with hopes, dreams, and visions of the type of world they want to live in.
Some people want to live . . .
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February 28, 2008 12:11 PM EST --
This Friday is February 29th, also known as Leap Day, also known as the day you'll write the wrong date on all of your checks. Most people know the reason why February is given an extra day every . . .
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March 22, 2007 11:06 AM EDT --
Here you go, the top ten questions you probably shouldn’t ask during a job interview, presented in the standard, blatantly stolen from David Letterman format. If it helps, imagine Paul Schaffer laughing . . .
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April 04, 2007 02:45 PM EDT --
Pop vs Soda
Pop is the term I grew up with. More often than not, I default to the proper name of the beverage in question rather than use the colloquialism for generic carbonated beverage. I used . . .
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May 02, 2007 11:00 AM EDT --
Right now there is a conflict dividing America. It is an issue that pits brother against brother, father against son, uncle against nephew. This feud has been going on for too long with no sign . . .
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May 04, 2007 12:07 PM EDT --
I’ve been wasting a lot of time over at the Uncle Ben’s website. It’s setup like a virtual office, somewhat like J.K. Rowling’s website except replace all the references to wizards . . .
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August 13, 2007 10:00 AM EDT --
Monday is the day of the week,
that humorous articles I seek.
To feature humourous potential
in the Gather Writing Essential,
but sadly, the turnout's been quite meek.
Each week I beg . . .
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December 05, 2007 11:17 AM EST --
In honor of Day of the Ninja , I decided to try my hand at making my own ninja headwrap. I followed the instructions as provided (the instructions can be found here ) and was quite pleased with . . .
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